My Father, My Son and Kilimanjaro
Non-Fiction, Biographies / Memoirs
The thirst for adventure and Achill Moser go hand in hand, but what was the catalyst behind his fascination with far-flung places? This becomes clear to him when he meets his biological father Harry at the age of twenty-eight: Harry’s lifelong dream had been to climb Kilimanjaro. Together the father and son set off for the Masai Mara’s holy mountain. However, Achill suffers a cruciate ligament rupture, thus his father has to climb alone. After his father’s death, Achill discovers a cassette with his father’s record of his trip to East Africa. Ten years later, Achill and his son Aaron set off for Tanzania with this recording packed along. Accompanied by Masai nomads, they ultimately reach the white roof of Africa, the summit of Kilimanjaro.
An unforgettable trip to the human race’s roots, a convergence with a father who was not there for many years, and a moving account of how much the connection between a father and a son can be strengthened when a joint adventure is undertaken.
Born in 1954, Achill Moser studied economics, African studies and Arabic in college. For many years, he lived among various nomadic peoples in Africa and Asia. He has traveled through 28 deserts around the world by foot and by camel. He now lives in Hamburg, where he works as a freelance journalist, photography and lecturer. His travel articles have appeared in Geo, Stern, Spiegel, Merian, and other periodicals. He has published over 20 books.
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The thirst for adventure and Achill Moser go hand in hand, but what was the catalyst behind his fascination with far-flung places? This becomes clear to him when he meets his biological father Harry at the age of twenty-eight: Harry’s lifelong dream had been to climb Kilimanjaro. Together the father and son set off for the Masai Mara’s holy mountain. However, Achill suffers a cruciate ligament rupture, thus his father has to climb alone. After his father’s death, Achill discovers a cassette with his father’s record of his trip to East Africa. Ten years later, Achill and his son Aaron set off for Tanzania with this recording packed along. Accompanied by Masai nomads, they ultimately reach the white roof of Africa, the summit of Kilimanjaro.
An unforgettable trip to the human race’s roots, a convergence with a father who was not there for many years, and a moving account of how much the connection between a father and a son can be strengthened when a joint adventure is undertaken.